Off the Blockchain+, May 5-12, 2025

It’s Consensus week! I am going with some Polsinelli collogues, so if you are at the conference let us know and we are happy to meet up in person. In crypto news, to say it was a busy week would be an understatement. The new digital asset market structure bill had its draft language released,Continue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 5-12, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, April 21-28, 2025

It was another week where lots of pieces on the chess board moved around but not a lot happened, with the new SEC Chair stepping into his role and various litigation matters getting updates. Crypto banking was also in the news, with the Fed removing certain supervisory guidance regarding crypto assets, and a decision regardingContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 21-28, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, March 31-April 7, 2025

Everybody seems focused on stablecoins, with the House bill on the subject passing through committee and the SEC releasing guidance on the types of stablecoin transactions that do not need to be registered with the agency. With people looking to park their money in cash during the current economic conditions, why not park it inContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 31-April 7, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, February 17-24, 2025

Even before Paul Atkins is confirmed as the next Chair of the SEC, the agency had a busy week with the crypto task force opening up for submissions on how to regulate crypto and various investigations and lawsuits likely going by the wayside.  This all happened the same week there was the biggest hack inContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, February 17-24, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, January 27-February 3, 2025

It was a relatively quiet week, especially in comparison to the week before where SAB 121 was repealed, the SEC formed a crypto rulemaking task force, and President Trump released an Executive Order on crypto. But despite having no developments worth “Major Story” attention (except maybe my ETH bags tanking due to tariff talk), thereContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, January 27-February 3, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, January 20-27, 2025

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide tl;dr overviews and insights into the biggest stories from the past two weeks. I post the weekly updatesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, January 20-27, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, January 13-20, 2025

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide tl;dr overviews and insights into the biggest stories from the past two weeks. I post the weekly updatesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, January 13-20, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, December 9-16, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide tl;dr overviews and insights into the biggest stories from the past two weeks. I post the weekly updatesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, December 9-16, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, November 18-25, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide tl;dr overviews and insights into the biggest stories from the past two weeks. I post the weekly updatesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, November 18-25, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, November 11-18, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide tl;dr overviews and insights into the biggest stories from the past two weeks. I post the weekly updatesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, November 11-18, 2024”